"ball player" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "ball + player",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "ball + player",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ball players",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "ball player (plural ball players)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
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          "name": "Sports",
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      "glosses": [
        "A player of a ball game; especially a basketball, baseball, or football player."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "player",
          "player"
        ],
        [
          "ball game",
          "ball game"
        ],
        [
          "basketball",
          "basketball"
        ],
        [
          "baseball",
          "baseball"
        ],
        [
          "football",
          "football"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "ballplaying"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ballplayer"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "alasgalisgi",
          "sense": "player of a ball game",
          "word": "ᎠᎳᏍᎦᎵᏍᎩ"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qiúshǒu",
          "sense": "player of a ball game",
          "word": "球手"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "player of a ball game",
          "word": "palloilija"
        },
        {
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "topchi",
          "sense": "player of a ball game",
          "word": "توپچى"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɔːl ˌpleɪ.ə(ɹ)/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ball player"
}

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  ],
  "etymology_text": "ball + player",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ball players",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "ballplaying"
    }
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        "en:People",
        "en:Sports"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A player of a ball game; especially a basketball, baseball, or football player."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "player",
          "player"
        ],
        [
          "ball game",
          "ball game"
        ],
        [
          "basketball",
          "basketball"
        ],
        [
          "baseball",
          "baseball"
        ],
        [
          "football",
          "football"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɔːl ˌpleɪ.ə(ɹ)/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ballplayer"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "alasgalisgi",
      "sense": "player of a ball game",
      "word": "ᎠᎳᏍᎦᎵᏍᎩ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiúshǒu",
      "sense": "player of a ball game",
      "word": "球手"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "player of a ball game",
      "word": "palloilija"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "topchi",
      "sense": "player of a ball game",
      "word": "توپچى"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ball player"
}